Trump has quietly gutted enforcement of the corporate alternative minimum tax — a boon for big corporations. His Big Ugly Bill, which slashed Medicaid and SNAP, also gave corporations $16B in new depreciation tax breaks this year. A windfall for the wealthy at your expense.

New in PN: A war criminal without a war "We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."

The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales. Tesla makes up less than 2%. The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.

Dave Rowe traffickers.. Financial Review

“The year is ending on a remarkably positive note for the Albanese Government… a year in which they restored commercial engagement with China.” theaimn.net/political-fu...

Ms Higgins expressed her relief at the decision in a statement on social media. "Finally, it feels like I can breathe again," she posted " "I cannot begin to tell you how retraumatising it is to have your rapist weaponise the legal system against you for daring to speak out.

In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...

PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

"The amount of heat from the Growing Earth Energy Imbalance absorbed by the Southern Ocean’s deep water around Antarctica over the last few years is astounding. That heat is now rising to the surface due to changing ocean currents ..." via John Scheve www.facebook.com/john.scheve....

When it comes to capturing who has real relevance, the Shitstirrer of the Year award leaves the sycophantic “power lists” in the dust. Who should be honoured in 2025?

"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

Just another example of American “exceptionalism”

Why does the media never ask Zionists whether they support Palestine's "right to exist"? And, if they claim they do, to clarify their understanding of Palestine's borders and sovereignty? Jillian Segal is openly, defiantly pro-Zionist. What are her views? #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”

Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells. #Science 🧪

🌎 From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, workers and allies across 30+ countries unite to say: Enough is enough. It's time to #MakeAmazonPay. Join us in demanding fair wages, union rights, environmental responsibility, and tax justice! 📣

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The UK government’s budget is simply managing decline. The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth. Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families. Whatever happened to taxing the rich?

Not a particular follower of @theonion.com But I heard a staff member talking yesterday on a pod, and he said their org has totally rejected AI; AI is not part of any of their processes. I think he said they publish 230 headlines a day. Hooray for humans! New respect for The Onion.

@theglobeandmail.com @hilltimes.com Editorial cartoonist @deadder.bsky.social sums-up Trump's efforts to bring peace to the Russia-Ukraine conflict perfectly. 🎨 #USPolitics #Russia #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

Dr Assal Rad— “It 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 like they all got the same memo: Cast doubt.”

The Epstein estate has released documents to the House committee but refuse to share documents with the FBI. THEY DONT TRUST THE FBI. Mark Epstein has said they want the record to be true and honest.

India’s economy grew faster than expected last quarter, underscoring its resilience in the face of tariffs.

via John Frankish

How about, rather than focusing on age verification laws which won’t work, we focus on ad networks taking a small amount of responsibility for verifying that they’re not taking money from frauds and con-artists? Hmmm, @albomp.bsky.social? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

He’s hopelessly conflicted and unable to inspire confidence in his ability to undertake this role. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Let’s talk about “Move fast and break things.” First of all, Facebook itself changed its motto to “Move fast with stable infrastructure” in 2014. So much for breaking things, at least if you’re a soulless corporate behemoth. 1/12

"So. This happened yesterday. Interesting that the Greens gain is bigger than Reforms entire vote share, despite what we're hearing about their popularity." via Ian Almond

"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.” www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...

a year ago the idea of an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to make the richest man in the world sound like a renaissance man no matter what question it was asked would sound like the setup for a black mirror episode. now its reality.

To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?

UK Covid-19 Inquiry says govt response to the pandemic in March 2020 was "too little, too late" Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan. What did austerity do?

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

Opinion | The deportation of neo-Nazi Matthew Gruter — a “Mass Deportations Enthusiast” — is funny and poetic, writes Tom Tanuki. It’s also a terrible idea.

The sight of Mohammed bin Salman sitting in the Oval Office should make all Americans want to vomit. It sure does for me.

I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.

“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.

Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Billionaires are the result of a failed system.

“When we undermine our colleges, we are not “owning” some distant ivory tower; we are weakening our talent pipeline, our innovation capacity and our civic fabric. The task now is not simply to defend these institutions, but to double down on partnership.” Amen!

Australia doesn’t have a gas shortage…& neither does one of our biggest export customers. Not only does Japan onsell huge amounts of our gas to other countries, Japanese consumers have cheaper electricity than most Australians Well done Aus Government. Good job thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...

Time to go back where youse comes from www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

NOT DISCUSSED NEARLY ENOUGH THIS WEEK: Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.